Apparatus for containing and injecting serums and other substances.



I No. 877,946.

PATENTFT) FEB. 4, 1908.

J. L. OVERTON. APPARATUS FOR CONTAINING AND INJEOTING SERUMS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 4, 1907- UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

JAMES LEONARD OVERTON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY SOLOMON WELLCOME, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '4, 1908.

Application filed February 4. 1907. Serial Np. 355.719.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES LEONARD OVERTON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Containing and Injecting Serums or other Substances, of which the following isaspecification;

The object of this invention is to produce apparatus for containing and injecting serums or other substances and to insure the prevention of contamination after sterilizing as first been effected of both the serum or other substance and of the injecting needle and its connector, and to effect these essential ends in an a paratus capableof being easily handled ant cheaply constructed.

The present invention relates to apparatus of the general class above indicated and is more particularly hereinafter defined with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the injecting needle and connector sealed in their receptacle which also acts as the piston rod for operating the piston when the syringe is in use. Fig. 2 shows the container also sealed in accordance with this invention and Fig. 3 shows the positipin of the parts when the syringe is to b use As shown the glass tube 1 and needle and connector 2, consisting of a rubber tube and a hollow nip le 6 after sterilization are sealed by a cor or disk 3, which .is preferably supplemented by a sealed closure 4, of impermeable material such as silk or other suitable substance coated or impregnated with a material of high melting point and at the same time adhesive, such for example as one or more waxes mixed with a resinous substance such as Canada balsam.

By experimentit is judged that a mixture of hard paraiiin B. P. 2 parts, white wax B. P. 1 part and Canada balsam 1 part, will make a suitable mixture which can be applied to the silk or other suitable substance selected and thata closure so formed-will be effective for considerable periods even under changing climatic influences.

The container consists of a tube, prefer-.

ably of glass, open at both ends but one end contracted to form a smaller 0 ening or socket for the reception of the hol ow nipple 6. Each end of the tube is so formed as to present a broad flat annular face, the tube eing thickened at the lower end and flanged at the upper end for this purpose, and such broad flat face enabling me to hermetically seal each end by means of the flat seal 4 of suitable material, as for instance a coated fabric. This fiat seal is cemented to the annular fiat face by means of a suitable cement with which the fabric is coated, or which is applied to the coated fabric, said cement preferably being the same as that applied for sealing the tube 1.

Within the container tube 5 is a piston 7 which instead of being connected with a piston-rod. is free to move within said tube and rests upon the serum or other substance which is introduced after the parts of the device have been thoroughly sterilized, after which the o )enings are sealed. Preferably the sealing disk or plate at the top of the tube is provided with a short projecting tab 8 thereon so that the closure can be readily removed at the desired time and a similar closure may be placed over the other end of the container behind the piston but this is not so essential.

When it is desired to make an injection the needle and connector are removed from tube 1, and the closure over opening 6 having beenremoved the inner end of connector is placed therein while tube 1 is utilized as a piston rodto propel the piston. By employing an opening 6 instead of the usual nozzle, the former can be covered and protected from any contamination, by means of the closure of fibrous material 4 and hence the connector has a perfectly clean surface for its attachment.

What is claimed is 1. In an apparatus for injecting serum, etc., the combination of a container consistingof a tube having two open ends, a piston freely movable within, the tube, a seal for hermetically sealing each end of the tube, the parts constructed to permit the introduction of a plunger after It moving the seal from one end, and a needle and means for connecting it to the opposite end of the tube after removing the sea i 2. A container for the serum injector consisting of a tube having at each end a broad annular flat face, and a flat seal for each end and means for hermetically cementing said In testimony whereof I have hereunto set seal to each annular face. my hand in the presence of two subscribing 3. A container for the serum lIlJOOtOI conwitnesses.

sisting of a. tube having at each end a, broad JAMES LEONARD OVERTON. 5 annular fiat face and a flat seal for each end, Witnesses:

and an ear prcjecting from the seal for the A. E. W'ARDEN,

purpose specified. E. M. SELLERS. 

